CDD chief meets French civil protection official

AMMAN — Civil Defence Department (CDD) Director Maj. Gen. Mustafa Bazaiah on Monday met with Director of Civil Protection and Crisis Management in France Jacques Witkowski, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. French Ambassador to Jordan David Bertolotti attended the meeting.

They discussed cooperation between the two countries’ civil defence and civil protection systems and discussed the possibility of France’s support to establish a fire station in Aqaba to deal with ship fires.

Witkowski affirmed the French Civil Protection’s keenness to support the CDD personnel and enable them to improve their performance. The French ambassador commended the depth of the relations between the two countries in various fields. Maj. Gen Bazaiah praised France for its constant support to Jordan’s CDD.

On the sidelines of the visit, Bazaiah and his French counterpart signed a memorandum of understanding which included the mechanism for implementing the Jordanian-French agreement in the field of civil protection and civil defence.